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duty_n	according_a	pray_v	prayer_n	1,046	5	6.5771	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00184	Articles to be enquired of in the generall visitation of the Archdeacon of the diocesse of Glocester holden in the yeare of our Lord, 1635.	Church of England. Diocese of Gloucester.	1635 (1635)	STC 10214.5; ESTC S4280	9,685	14

of England 5. Hath your Parish beene any time destitute of a Curate and by whose default And is your Parson or Vicar continually resident with you upon his Benefice or if he be lawfully absent or reside upon another Benefice doth he supply his absence by a Curate that is a licensed Preacher for that cure or if the smalnesse of the Living will not beare a Preaching Curate doth he Preach himselfe usually at both his Benefices Can. 47 6. Whether is your Minister a Preacher allowed if so doth hée Preach every Sunday having no lawfull impediment either in his owne cure with you or some other néere adjoyning where no Preacher is If he be not an allowed Preacher doth he procure Sermons to be preached amongst you monethly at least by Preachers lawfully licensed if his Living will beare it and on every Sunday when there is no Sermon Preached doth he read some one of the Homilies prescribed by authority 7 Doth your Minister or Curate serve more Cures than one If so what are they and how farre distant And whether being no Preacher allowed he take upon him to expound the Scriptures openly 8. Hath any person béene admitted to Preach within your Church or Chappell but such as you have well knowne to be sufficiently licensed whom have you so admitted and how often have any such béene admitted to preach and by whose procurement And have you caused every strange Preacher licensed or not licensed to subscribe his name together with the day when he Preached Can. 50 and 52 And if he were licensed then by whom he was so licensed And whether have they or any other preached in your Church not being soberly and decently apparelled Can. 74. as in a cloake and not in a gowne 9. Doth you Minister and Lecturer use to pray before his Sermons for the Kings Majestie the Quéene Prince Charles and all the Royall Progeny giving unto the King such Style and Titles as by law are due unto his Highnesse exhorting his Parishioners to yéeld him obedience accordingly And also in these sayd Sermons doe they pray for all Arch-bishops Bishops and other Ecclesiasticall persons Can. 55 10. Doth your Lecturer or Lecturers reade Divine Service according to the Common Prayer Booke in his Surplice and Hood before the Lecture And doth every Beneficed man though chiefly attending to Preach and having a Curate under him for other duties yet in his owne person reade divine Service two severall Sundaies both morning and evening every yeere And doe both Lecturer and Preacher themselves administer the Sacraments also twice every yeere observing all the ceremonies in the booke of Common Prayer established Can. 56 11. Whether doth your Minister at the reading of publicke Prayers and administration of the Sacraments weare the Surplice and a Hood thereon agreeable to his degree in the Vniversity if he be a graduate Can. 58. 12. Doth you Minister every Sunday and Holyday before evening Prayer for halfe an houre or more examine and instruct the youth and ignorant persons of the Parish in the ten Commandements the Articles of the Beleefe the Lords Prayer and the Sacraments according to the Catechisme set forth in the booke of Common Prayer onely whereby the children of the Parish may be prepared for Confirmation Can. 59. And are the afternoones Sermons turned into Catechizing by question and answere 13 Whether hath your Minister without licence from the Arch-bishop the Bishop of the Diocesse or his Chancellor solemnized marriage betwixt any parties in a time prohibited or the banes not being three severall Sundaies or Holy dayes first published in time of Divine service in the severall Churches or Chappels of their severall abode Can. 62 or hath he married any not betwixt the houres of eight and twelve in the forenoone or without a ring or the parties being of another Diocesse or when the parties are under the age of one and twenty yeeres before such time as the Parents or Guardians have m●de knowne unto him their consent thereunto Can. 100 14. Whether doth your Minister in the Rogation dayes use the perambulation of the circuit of the Parish according to the ancient and laudable custome of the Church and in the same perambulation blesse the fru●tes of the earth and move the people to give thankes to God for his benefits using such Psalmes Prayers and Homilies as are to that end set forth 15. Whether doth any man being not in orders take upon him to exercise any part of the Ministeriall duty in the Church and what is his name 16. Doth your Minister every sixe moneths denounce in his Parish-Church all such of his Parish as doe stand contumacious under the sentence of excommunication not séeking to be absolved Or hath he admitted any person excommunicate into the Church without a certificate of his absolution from the Ordinary or other competent Iudge under his Seale or hath he stayed the publication of any excommunications or suspensions 17. Doth your Minister being a Preacher labour diligently from time to time to conferre with and thereby to reclaime the Popish Recusants in his Parish from their errors if any such be there Can. 66 And doth he carefully visite the sicke according to Can. 67 18. Whether is your Parson Vicar Lecturer or Curate too much frequent or over conversant with or a Favourer of Recusants whereby he may be suspected not to be sincere in Religion 19. Hath your Minister or any other taking upon him the place of a Minister Preached Baptized Children Solemnized Marriage Churched any woman or Ministred the holy Communion in any private house or houses otherwise then by Law is allowed If yea then where whom and how often 20. Hath your Minister taken upon him to appoint any publicke or private fasts prophesies or exercises not approved by law or publicke Authority Or hath he attempted under any pretence either of possession or obsession by fasting and prayer to cast out devils Can. 72 Or hath he used to meete with any other person or persons in any private house or any other place there to consult how to impeach or ●eprave the Booke of Common Praier or the Doctrine or Discipline of the Church of England Can. 73 If yea then ye shall present him and all that ioyne with him in any of the premisses 21. Whether hath your Minister refused or delayed to Christen any Child that is brought to the Church to him upon Sundaies or Holidayes or to bury the dead such as ought to be interred in Christian buriall having convenient warning before Especially whether hee hath neglected to baptize any Infant in da●ger having béene duly informed of his weakenesse so that the child hath dyed by his default without Baptisme Or hath he neglected to use the signe of the Crosse in Baptisme or baptized any in a Bason or other vessell and not in the ordinary Font or admitted any Father to be God-father to his owne child or such to be God-fathers or God-mothers as have not received the